State Senator John G. Mulroe (D-Chicago) issued the following statement on today’s school funding vote:

“Today I voted to provide adequate and equitable school funding for all districts in the state. Though I am disheartened that the governor inserted last-minute ideas into legislation that has been debated for years, this measure needed support from both sides of the aisle to pass. Ultimately, a price tag of $75 million for a five-year pilot program for private school scholarships was worth it to fix our broken school funding system.”